Badlands keeps its Alien references to a minimum, there is one not-so-subtle nod to James Cameron's Aliens, as well as a slightly harder-to-spot Easter

The director also shares his original ideas for Dek, the Yautja warrior, and hints at what's next in the Predator universe.

"Predator: Badlands" is out this week, and franchise fans won't want to miss a second. We have the details on whether or not "Badlands" has a post-credit scene.

This time, the protagonist is a young predator—a Yautja, in the series' current lore—named Dek. He too comes from a masculine honor culture that prioritizes physical dominance. Yautja prove themselves through their hunts, and their culture has little room for weakness, mercy, or mushy feelings of any kind beyond anger.

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